2012: Selected by the Tulsa 66ers in the 2012 NBDL Draft on Nov. 2 – becoming the first Highlander in program history to be drafted into the NBA Development League. ... Wilkerson was selected in the eighth round and as the 118th overall pick by Tulsa, the minor league affiliate of the NBA's reigning Western Conference champion Oklahoma Thunder.
2011-12: Career: 1,577 pts (#2 in DI era; #8 overall); 616 rebs (#1 in DI era; #10 overall) … 2nd to score 1,000 and play whole career in DI (after Jheryl Wilson, ‘11) … 3-yr captain … named honorable mention All-America by the Associated Press for the 2011-12 season, the AP announced. ...In earning honorable mention on the most widely-recognized of the All-America teams, Wilkerson, becomes the first NJIT student-athlete in any sport to earn AP All-America honors since the program began Division I competition in 2006-07.GWC Player of the Year; 1st-team all-GWC … 113 games played; 110 starts; 14.0ppg; 5.5rpg. ... double-figure scorer in last 47 career games vs. Division I opponents; 199 assists; 135 career steals. ... 15 pts vs UVU (3/9) … 20 pts, 3 stls vs Houston Baptist (3/8) … 14 p/10 r vs. Chicago State (3/3; 3rd double-double of yr; 11th career) … 17 p/7 r, 3 stls vs Longwood (2/25) … 15 p/15 r (career-high), 4 assts at HBU (2/18) … 16 p/9 r at UTPA (2/16) … 14 p/6 r, 4 assts, 4 stls vs North Dakota (2/11) … career-high 26 pts at Chicago State (10 pts in last minute, incl 8-8 FTs), 9 reb … GWC Player of the Week (2/6) … 14 p/5 r vs Colgate (2/1) … 19 p/7 r at UVU (1/28) … 20 p/10 r at North Dakota (1/26) … 13 p/7 r vs UTPA (1/21) … 24 p/8 r vs HBU (1/19) … 24 pts, 5 assts (tie career-high), plus 6 reb, 3 steals at CSU Bakersfield (1/10) … GWC Player of Week (1/2) … CollegeSportsMadness.com GWC Player of Week (11/14, 12/5, 1/2, 1/23) ... 13 pts, 7 reb at LIU (12/30) … 21 p/5 r, 3 steals vs FDU (12/28) … 10 p/7 r, 4 assts at Rutgers (12/22) … 15 pts at Georgetown (12/3) ... 19 p/9 r, 4 steals at Army (11/30) … Game-high 23 pts (10-14 FG) at Manhattan (11/12) … Game-high 18 pts, plus 8 reb at UMass (11/17) … 15 points vs St. Francis, NY (11/26) …
2010-11: Great West Conference Player of the Year by
CollegeInsider.com and
an official first-team all-GWC pick as voted by coaches and SIDs. ... led the 2010-11 Highlanders in scoring (13.6 ppg) and rebounding (6.2 rpg). He made 43 3-point baskets NJIT’s leading scorer in eight games and the top rebounder in 14, with a team-best five double-doubles. ...
In Great West play, he averaged 16.5 points and 6.2 rebounds for the Highlanders, who finished in second place with a 9-3 record in GWC games. In conference games only, he ranked fifth among all GWC players in scoring and tied for sixth in rebounding ... NJhoops.com Division I Player of the Month for February (chosen from among 8 schools) ... Preseason all-GWC 2nd team. 17 pts in 17 mins vs. Chicago State (3/5) … 11 pts, 6 rebs vs. Utah Valley (3/3) … 11 pts, 7 rebs at North Dakota (2/26) … 18 pts at South Dakota (2/24) … 18 pts, 11 rebs at UTPA (2/19) for 5th double-double of season … 16 pts, 7 rebs at HBU (2/17) … 10 pts, 6 rebs vs. South Dakota (2/12) … 21 pts vs. North Dakota (2/10) … Game-winning basket vs. Longwood with 1.2 secs left; 14 pts, 7 rebs in 22 mins vs. Longwood (2/5) … 15 pts, 13 rebs at FDU (2/1) … 13 pts, 7 rebs vs. Utah Valley (1/29) … 14 pts, 11 rebs vs. City Tech (1/24) … 23 pts, 7 rebs at Chicago State (1/22). Scored 5 of NJIT’s last 7 pts, as the Highlanders scored the game’s last 7 in a last-minute 86-83 win … 15 pts, 7 rebs at Longwood (1/18) … 23 pts (9-10 FG; 2-2 3s), 5 rebs vs. Houston Baptist (1/15) … 17 pts, 7 rebs, 3 assts vs. UTPA (1/12) … 19 pts, 10 rebs, 2 stls vs. Lehigh (1/4) … 21 pts vs. LIU (12/28) … 21 pts, 11 rebs vs. Manhattan (11/13) … 14 pts (6-8 FG) at Vermont (11/27)2009-10: All-GWC honorable mention … Played mostly at power forward, but manned the point when starter PJ Miller was out with injury and Miller’s backup left the program … missed 2 games with injury and returned with 19 pts vs. HBU (2/18) and 17 pts vs. UTPA (2/20) … 18 pts, 4 assts, 0 TOs in 39 mins of GWC Trn win vs North Dakota … 21 pts vs. North Dakota (2/28) … season-high 22 pts at Lehigh (1/2). Included NJIT DI records in FT (14) and FTA (16) … 17 pts, 7 rebs vs. Chicago State (1/23) … 19 pts, 6 rebs, 5 assists at Wagner (12/28) … 7 steals vs. NYU-Poly (12/30) … Double-doubles in 3 of first 4 games (17 pts, 10 rebs vs. Manhattan, 11/30; 12 pts, 10 rebs vs. St. Joe’s of NY, 11/18; 17 pts, 13 rebs vs. Wagner, 11/24) … Double-figure scorer in 22 games.
2008-09: Enrolled in NJIT for the second semester and made his college playing debut on December 20 without benefit of a practice. Scored 3 points in that game, but followed with 15 consecutive double-figure scoring games … second-leading scorer in ppg (12.5 ppg) and reached double figures in 17 of 22 games played … team leader in free throw accuracy (.766; 59-77) … single-game scoring high was 24 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (1/28) … had back-to-back 18-point games, at Chicago State (4-7 on 3-pointers) on 1/31 and home vs. Houston Baptist on 2/3 … had highs of 7 rebounds against Maryland Eastern Shore (1/28) and Houston Baptist (2/3) … Assists high was 5 vs. Longwood (3/4) … Steals high was 3 vs. both Columbia (1/9) and Houston Baptist (2/3) … perfect at the foul line in 10 games, with a high of 6-for-6 vs. Longwood (3/4).
Prior to NJIT: Starred at Curtis High School on Staten Island playing for Coach Paul Blanchard and graduated in 2008 ... As a senior, led Curtis to a school-record 25 wins (14-0 in the Staten Island Division of the NYC PSAL). Averaged 16.6 ppg, earning first-team all-Staten Island honors in the NY Daily News ... Staten Island Advance 1st-team All-Star ... Voted 12th-team all-state in Class AA (larger schools) by the NY State Sportswriters Association ... Honorable mention NYHoops all-PSAL ... Had seven games of 20 or more points as a senior, topped by 24, which he did twice. Reached double figures in 26 of 27 games ... Played AAU ball with the Brooklyn Ballers (coach Gary Sheares) and the New Jersey Cyclones (coach Mike Cervellino) ... Top 20 all-star at the Hoop Group Academic Elite Camp.
Personal: Isaiah Jamal Wilkerson ... son of Beaun and Linda Wilkerson ... business major ... born 11/13/90 on Staten Island ... four older brothers preceded him in basketball.
Wilkerson's Game-by-Game Stats |